Institute for Energy Research

The Institute for Energy Research (IER) is a not-for-profit organization that conducts intensive research and analysis on the functions, operations, and government regulation of global energy markets. IER maintains that freely-functioning energy markets provide the most efficient and effective solutions to today’s global energy and environmental challenges and, as such, are critical to the well-being of individuals and society.

Most Recent Articles by Institute for Energy Research:

Washington Logic: It hasn’t worked in the States, Let’s take it National January 25, 2011

IER Dissects Renewable Energy Mandates in the States

Optimism vs. Pessimism on Oil January 25, 2011

Planet Earth has more than enough conventional energy stockpiles to satisfy human needs for the foreseeable future

For China, Coal is Still King January 22, 2011

China intends to use coal to fuel its power plants and its industrial establishments, regardless of the emissions that result from the combustion of coal because the fuel is both plentiful and reliable

You Can’t Make This Stuff Up January 22, 2011

Range Fuels are also pretty adept at converting taxpayer funds into their own personal profit

A few notes on Energy Policy of the past and present Congressional Sessions January 20, 2011

EPA regulations, Obama Veto, Greenhouse Gas legislation

Consumers Get Screwed on Light Bulb Deal January 20, 2011

California public utilities are paying out $548 million over the next seven years in order to subsidize the purchase of CFL’s

London Calling: Deepwater Drilling Ban Unnecessary January 19, 2011

We conclude that a moratorium on offshore drilling in the UK Continental Shelf would cause drilling rigs and expertise to migrate to other parts of the globe

Mother Nature Provides a Lesson on Scarcity January 19, 2011

Incredible cost of 100% renewables

EDF Economist Moves to National Economic Council January 14, 2011

Environmental Defense Fund, Nathaniel Keohane, government intervention in energy markets

IER: BP Spill Commission Was Flawed From the Start January 11, 2011

Panel serves President’s goals; hamstrings viable industry in slow economy

Time Story Reaffirms Fed’s Role in Oil Spike January 10, 2011

Is the Fed to Blame for Soaring Global Oil Prices?

Gas Prices and Bernanke January 7, 2011

The Rising Price of Gasoline, Investors and commodities, The Rising Price of Oil

Talk is Cheap: We Need Action on Offshore Drilling Permits January 7, 2011

Obama's goal is to increase prices at the pump by making it as difficult and expensive as possible to produce energy in the United States

Top 5 Energy Issues the New Congress Should Tackle January 7, 2011

Subsidies, Drilling permits, Federal Green Tape, Clean Air Act, Energy and economic security

China’s Nuclear Program: Fast and Relatively Inexpensive January 7, 2011

China is intent on becoming the world leader in nuclear power in just a few decades

Oil Consumption and Prices: How High Will They Go? January 6, 2011

China's high rate of economic growth at three times the predicted rate of the United States in 2011 and their huge increases in vehicle sales make their thirst for oil almost unlimited

Will Lucy let Charlie Brown kick the football this time? January 6, 2011

Obama, Domestic Energy Production

California’s Enron Energy, Climate Policy January 5, 2011

Ken Lay's plan for Enron to become the world's leading renewable energy company

The True Cost of Green Jobs January 5, 2011

Here are the facts about renewable energy in Pennsylvania

EIA Releases New Energy Forecast: Fossil Fuels Still Reign in 2035 December 31, 2010

EIA expects fossil fuels to dominant the energy market in 2035, providing 78 percent of our energy consumption.

Expensive Offshore Wind in Need of Customers December 29, 2010

The Cape Wind Project

Arnold: Obama’s New Energy Czar? December 22, 2010

Carol Browner’s imminent promotion to Deputy Chief of Staff